Clark said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but that Stalnaker’s address was flagged with a notification that a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was incapacitated.

Clark said Buddy has made two other 911 calls when Stalnaker was having seizures.

EAST MACHIAS, Maine

Mechanical gorilla returned home

An 8-foot-tall mechanical gorilla is back home at an eastern Maine flea market-style store two weeks after it was stolen and later dumped in a cornfield in Vermont.

A pickup carrying the somewhat battered gorilla arrived Saturday afternoon at Sandy’s Sales a day after being picked up at a Vermont police barracks.

Owners Sandy and Lowell Miller were delighted to see the gorilla, dubbed “Seemore,” which was stolen from outside their store over Labor Day weekend. But the gorilla needs some care for its injuries: a head severed from its body, holes and rips in its face and a broken arm.

“After people see her battle wounds, we are going to have her have a face lift,” Sandy Miller said. “A new rubber face.”

After the gorilla was stolen, the owner of the factory where the gorilla was created produced a YouTube video offering a $500 reward for its return.

The thief then appeared in disguise in his own YouTube video, saying he was sorry and jokingly offering to return the beast for $1 million. Seemore then showed up in a cornfield.

From wire reports

Published: Sept. 15, 2008, midnight

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